Vancouver Home Staging – Preparing Your Home for Sale
Urban Presentations is a staging company working with Realtors to prepare client homes for sale. Jacky and Jacob talk with owner Jennifer Berkley about the benefits of interior decorating/staging when selling your house or condo.
Jennifer has been staging properties for over 5 years in the Vancouver housing market. She works with Realtors and offers services of providing furniture and accessories to make a home more appealing to potential buyers. Jennifer talks about working closely with condo owners to create a package that will work with their budget. For homes over 2000 sqr/ft, 3 bedooms, staging starts at around $3,500. When working with larger homes she sometimes suggests only staging the impact rooms, most important areas such as the living room, dining area and master bedroom.
During the discussion the analogy is presented, if you’re selling your car you’d likely have it detailed. It’s the same thing with a house or condo, you’ll end up receiving more money for a dressed-up home. When a house is staged, brilliant looking photos and video is easily achieved for MLS listings and all the real estate websites where your home will appear. Presenting your home properly will attract more home buyers to view your property and hopefully place an offer.
As Vancouver Realtors Jacob and Jacky have seen the results from staging your home and believe it’s worth investing in. It helps the Realtors as they receive more calls, showings and offers on a house that has been properly cleaned/staged. The seller in turn sells their residence faster, for more money and usually with better terms of contract. As Jacob explains, “it’s a win-win situation for sellers and the Realtors marketing the house, townhouse or condo. We believe in it so much that we’re willing to put some of our commissions towards staging when a client has a vacant property. If it’s a house we’ll contribute $2000 and if it’s a condo we’ll give back $1,500.”
Interior decorating/staging will make a house feel warm and will allow buyers to picture themselves living there. At times there are many similar apartments and townhouses for sale. Setting up your suite with the right decor will differentiate your living space from others on the market. Often a buyer will narrow their choices down to a couple properties. When your home is staged it could make the difference of making the final cut or not!
If you’re interested in selling your home and would like advice about staging your property feel free to contact Jacob or Jacky to talk about what’s currently available within the building for sale.
